Married Priests in the Catholic Church edited by Adam A.J. DeVille.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

DeVille, Adam A. J., 1972- éditeur.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church.

Catholic Church--Clergy.

Married people in church work.

Clergy.

Celibacy--Catholic Church.

Prêtres--Mariage.

Prêtres.

Couples dans la pastorale.

Celibacy.

Genre:

Livres numériques.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (377 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[2021] Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press,

Summary:

These essays offer a historically rigorous dismantling of Western claims about the superiority of celibate priests.Although celibacy is often seen as a distinctive feature of the Catholic priesthood, both Catholic and Orthodox Churches in fact have rich and diverse traditions of married priests.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction-Adam A. J. DeVille

Part I. History Ancient and Modern

One Priestly Celibacy-An Apostolic Tradition? The Theological Stakesof a Historical Argument

Two From Antioch to America via Smyrna: Rethinking Married Priesthood and Parish Life with Ignatius, Alexis, and Polycarp

Three Mandatory Celibacy among Eastern Catholics:A Church-Dividing Issue

Part II. Canon Law East and West

Four Canonical Reflections on Clergy and Marriage

Five Recent Papal Pronouncements on the Admission of MarriedEastern Catholic Men to the Priesthood: An Ecumenical Issue

Part III. Ecumenical Considerations

Six Married Clergy in the Anglican Tradition

Seven The Gift to the Church of Married Clergy

Eight Official Catholic Pronouncements Regarding Presbyteral Celibacy:Their Fate and the Implications for Catholic-Orthodox Relations

Part IV. Pastoral-Familial Life

Nine Reflections on Two Vocations in Two Lungs of the One Church

Ten Growing Up in a Rectory: Using Oikonomia to Answer the Tough Questions Posed by the Children of Priestly Families

Eleven The Vocation of the Presbytera: Icon of the Theotokos in the Midstof the Ministerial Priesthood

Twelve The Joys and Crosses of Clerical Families

Thirteen Marriage and Ministry: An Eastern Orthodox Perspective

Fourteen "What Did You Expect?" A Reflection on Married Clergyand Pastoral Ministry

Part V. Theology

Fifteen Celibacy and the Married Priesthood: Rediscovering the Spousal Mystery

Sixteen Married Priests: At the Heart of Tradition

Seventeen Married Priesthood: Some Theological "Resonances"

Eighteen Conclusion: Toward a Theology of Married Priesthood

Appendix 1. The Toronto Tempest-Victor Pospishil,.

Appendix 2. Recent Views on the Origins of Clerical Celibacy: A Review of the Literature from 1980 to 1991

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780268200084

0268200084

OCLC:

1242578144